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Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
1. I stopped reading after his first point...
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 02:28 AM
Sep 2012

Robert Reich is a smart guy, but he's pushing a narrative that is just absolutely not panning out. If bad jobs reports were going to sink Obama, they would have sunk him long ago. We've had far worse jobs reports this year than what we saw last month. So, that point doesn't fly. In fact, Obama's approval and margin over Romney has reached some of its highest points of the election on the backs of two bad jobs reports (May's and August's). So, sorry, Robert, but don't push a narrative that doesn't fly. Start out with something that isn't half-assed.

You see, I don't like these articles. I get 'em. You've got to come up with something to get the eyeballs, but let's be honest - it's lazy reporting. Yeah, we know Romney could still win ... but give us more than just typical BS we've been hearing since last year. Robert is smart, as I said, but this article is absolutely lazy and beneath him. It breaks no new ground and doesn't tell us anything we don't already know.

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